DIEFFENBACH, Johann Friedrich (1792-1847). Ueber das Schielen und die Heilung desselben durch die Operation . Berlin: Albert Frstner, 1842. 8 o (211 x 130 mm). (Some light browning). 3 engraved plates (2 folding) by C. Resener after Dr. Johann Julius Bhring (1815-1855), Dieffenbach's nephew. Contemporary red morocco gilt, with gilt arms of Pope Gregory XVI on front and back covers, within a cartouche of scrolls, with a gilt-ruled border with foliate scrolls and fretted corner-pieces; spine gilt with foliate scrolls. Edges gilt. Modern morocco-backed box. Provenance : Pope Gregory XVI; Collegio Urb. (gift inscription on front flyleaf "Donum H.D.N. Gregorii XVI P.Max. Bibliothecae Coll. Urb. 21.Nov. 1844."; stamp on title page); shelfmark label on front free endpaper. FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY to Pope Gregory XVI (1765-1846), a patron of science and the arts. The first successful attempt to correct strabisimus by cutting tendons of the eye muscles. The operation was initially highly successful, and Dieffenbach was awarded the Monthyon Prize by the Institut de France. The technique was later abandoned because of the longterm complications caused. Garrison-Morton 5856; Norman 638.
DIEFFENBACH, Johann Friedrich (1792-1847). Ueber das Schielen und die Heilung desselben durch die Operation . Berlin: Albert Frstner, 1842. 8 o (211 x 130 mm). (Some light browning). 3 engraved plates (2 folding) by C. Resener after Dr. Johann Julius Bhring (1815-1855), Dieffenbach's nephew. Contemporary red morocco gilt, with gilt arms of Pope Gregory XVI on front and back covers, within a cartouche of scrolls, with a gilt-ruled border with foliate scrolls and fretted corner-pieces; spine gilt with foliate scrolls. Edges gilt. Modern morocco-backed box. Provenance : Pope Gregory XVI; Collegio Urb. (gift inscription on front flyleaf "Donum H.D.N. Gregorii XVI P.Max. Bibliothecae Coll. Urb. 21.Nov. 1844."; stamp on title page); shelfmark label on front free endpaper. FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY to Pope Gregory XVI (1765-1846), a patron of science and the arts. The first successful attempt to correct strabisimus by cutting tendons of the eye muscles. The operation was initially highly successful, and Dieffenbach was awarded the Monthyon Prize by the Institut de France. The technique was later abandoned because of the longterm complications caused. Garrison-Morton 5856; Norman 638.
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